Two Weeks Later
It took me just a few days to reach London, and I knew that I had been dodging warriors, guards and watchers the whole way. I knew that Louis felt it the second I passed my position as Captain to Rivers, and I knew that he would be trying to figure out why I did. Aria was broken and it killed me to see her that way. When Evan rejected us, I thought she would crumble, but she stayed strong. Especially during the six years of pain and agony we endured. I hated Henry for breaking her spirit.
The councilmen wanted to let the king know that I was alive and safe, but I convinced them that I would go and see him once my training as an assassin was complete. They agreed that my decision was sound and they dropped the matter. Well, all but one dropped it. Louis’s first cousi
